The Genius Blacksmith's Game
Fortress battle. (2)
“How… how could something like this happen?”
Poshua is the owner of a place called the Asuka Estate.
The Asuka estate is a place where indigenous people live.
There, Poshua became king and raised the Mambos in this rainforest.
Cherishing them like your own children.
While others cared for soldiers and knights, Foshua cared for the Mambos.
Those Mambos are dying while lying on the ground, their bodies mutilated.
“Hang in there, just hang in there a little longer……!”
Poshua tried to stop the bleeding, but it was no use.
“You rascal, you rascal, you scoundrel!”
Poshua looked at the spot where Hyun had run away and was filled with rage. It was anger over the fact that something he cherished had been taken away.
Olio clicked his tongue as he watched that.
It’s a pity, but weren’t those Mambos the cannibals?
Old people who have become useless, those who have a missing leg or arm.
Or, Olio knew that they had secretly bought people from the slave market and fed them to Mambos, but he remained silent.
For that was originally the essence of humanity…
“Are you ready?”
“Yes, Olio.”
Even Olio did not expect the Mambos to collapse so easily.
The reason Poshua and Olio became a team is that they exert the greatest power in breaking down castle walls.
A giant magic circle drawn by wizards.
Inside, Olio unleashed 'Mana Drain,' which absorbed the mana of others.
Shhhhhh-!
“Kuheeeek!”
“Cough cough……!”
The elite wizards of the territory he led.
Those once-promising wizards were reduced to mere mana replenishers.
Although there was a succession of people spitting blood or suffering from having too much mana drained, Olio focused on casting.
Rumble-rumble-!
Poshua, who was stopping the bleeding of Mambos, was surprised.
The surrounding magical energy was gathering solely into Olio's staff and running wild.
Rumble-!
The sky opened.
A window made of light falls from that sky.
I will avenge you.
Kuwaaaang-!!
A window of light falling in a straight line.
It is 'Dis,' which is praised as the strongest magic among the 8 classes.
Dis exerts greater power against a single target than anything else.
at that time.
Clack!
Shhhhhhh-!
A deafening noise echoed from the fortress. Huge scales completely covered the roof.
The appearance was exactly like…
“A crouching turtle…?”
He was like a turtle that snuck its head back when it met an enemy.
Kuwaaaaaaang-!!!
The window of light collided with the shell.
Crunch!
The Dis, attempting to burrow into the shell, creates a massive wave of force that shakes the air layer.
“It can't be pierced……!?”
Olio was flustered.
No matter how hard Dis tried to break through, the roof wouldn't budge.
Pasasasasa-
Olio was flustered as he watched Dis lose his power and scatter completely.
A huge groove formed on the shell.
But that was all.
“Coooosh!”
Olio also used a significant amount of magic power and vomited blood.
“How could you do this, Olio?”
“The fortress is just like the Black Tortoise…….”
It feels like seeing the divine beast Hyunmu.
“M-Magic defense is too high.”
“Is this… a fortress built by dwarves?”
The fortress possessed extremely high magical defense. It was a power of the dwarves that defied human common sense.
At that moment, Olio sensed something was wrong.
'horsepower……?'
I felt seething magical energy emanating from the fortress. I was sure I hadn't felt any magic just moments ago… …?
"no way……?"
Olio's face turned pale.
“Mana Drain!!”
Just as he had absorbed the wizards' magic power, the fortress absorbed the magic power.
Among minerals, there are some that absorb magical power and emit it.
However, there were no humans who could easily refine and use him.
Also, it is impossible to apply this to a 'fortress'. How could an entire fortress of such massive size be covered in minerals?
but……
What if it were tens of thousands of dwarves?
The story changes.
By the time I realized it belatedly, it was too late.
Hyun-su, who had fled inside, was able to achieve what he wanted through the fortress.
In fact, just as Olio predicted, such minerals were utilized.
However, even with countless dwarves, it was impossible to keep that power active permanently.
also……
More MP has accumulated than I expected.
Through that accumulation, the fortress was able to unleash large-scale magic at once.
[The fortress's magical power is fully restored.]
[The use of the Class 6 magic Rockfall becomes available.]
“Unleash the shield!”
Olio shouted urgently.
Shields spread out by wizards were deployed everywhere.
Whoosh!
Olio, who arrived at where Poshua was in a flash, deployed the Great Shield.
A transparent, massive shield enveloped the two people.
"Get away."
“……!”
Along with the sound spreading from the fortress, boulders the size of houses were created in the air.
Rockpol.
It is a weaker version of Meteor, which summons and drops a giant rock.
However, just as it varies depending on 'who controls it,' the Rockfall rock, which was activated by stealing the massive magical power of 'Dis,' was more than twice as large as a normal one.
Those huge rocks.
Kuwaaaaaaang-!
It landed on the wizards' shields, shattered them, and crushed the wizards.
The soldiers and knights who had accompanied him also raised their shields to block, but it was of no use.
Crackle, crackle-
Soldiers and knights were crushed like tomatoes, and the surroundings were devastated by rocks crashing down one after another.
Crash-!
Olio, barely holding on with his Great Shield, watched the rock slowly disappear.
Nearly half of the allied forces were dead.
It is also a fortress where wizards' magic does not work due to its high magic defense.
'What on earth did I make…?'
Olio, pale with shock, looked at the fortress with trembling eyes.
He hoped that another army would destroy this fortress.
***
“To think His Majesty, who used to order us to make zombies in the frontier, has summoned us as well… The situation must be that urgent.”
Count Ken the zombie sorcerer said sarcastically.
Wrapped tightly in bandages from head to toe and with a talisman tied around his waist, he was no different from a real, living zombie.
Ken is someone who lives in eternal sleep by performing illegal sorcery.
He was in a state of being 'turned into a beast'. Count Fors, in the form of a bipedal wolf, recalled the flashing light from just moments ago.
“Didn’t you see that just now? It is a fortress that withstood even the magic of Archmage Olio. To think they built a fortress right in front of the capital… that’s some bold nerve.”
“Doesn’t that also mean that the County’s forces are concentrated inside the fortress?”
I suppose so.
A fortress is a place where tens of thousands of troops are stationed.
It means that if we just manage to occupy the fortress, we can kill them.
Are the wolves growing up well?
“……Maybe I have to bite your neck off to make you come to your senses.”
“Hehe… Don't be. The neck I got torn off last time is still dangling.”
Strictly speaking, the two counts were the same concept as summoners.
They are summoners known as the strongest even within the empire.
However, both beings were unique.
Ken the Jiangshi sorcerer is a person who came from another hidden continent, not the one currently in this continent.
That continent was filled with Jiangshi, Taoist masters, and Taoist magic. It was Ken who reigned as the strongest Jiangshi sorcerer in such a place.
The ten Jiangshi he commands each possess the strength of legendary figures on this continent.
And even he himself believes that he has reached the level of a transcendent being.
Of course, this guy is a transcendent being too… but somehow he seems to have gotten stronger?
The life of Count Fors, who looked like a snarling wolf, was also peculiar.
Raised by a wolf pack and still living with wolves, he was the king of the wolves.
He had the authority to command wolves on all continents, and the legendary wolves under his command alone numbered over eight.
Such people were worthy of receiving ample hospitality in the imperial palace.
However…
The problem was their appearance.
“Shall we show off our ugly power?”
Because Ken turned himself into a Jiangshi, there were clear stitching marks all over his body, and he was a person who could detach and reattach parts of his body.
That is why his whole body was wrapped tightly in bandages, and the sight of him actually taking his wrist out and putting it back in to loosen it was bizarre.
I feel like throwing up. Take this seriously.
“Do you know that lice are crawling on your body?”
“……No wonder it tickled.”
Scratch, scratch
“……?”
The two looked at each other with expressions of contempt. However, they knew for sure that they were comrades they could trust with their backs.
Hold hands.
Ken reached out his hand, and Fors grabbed him.
At that moment.
Boom!
Ken moved like light with Fors and arrived in front of the fortress in an instant.
Ziiiing-
At that moment, various parts of the fortress opened up.
It was a dragon cannon of tremendous power.
Kuwakwakwakwakwakwang-!
Yonghwapo concentrated its fire on Ken, who was standing in front.
It was firepower capable of sweeping away several thousand ordinary troops.
However, when the explosion subsided, Ken was holding a defensive zombie that had been reduced to 'rags'.
Nothing special.
Thump-
Ken threw the tattered shield zombie onto the floor and unfolded the talisman at his waist.
Shhhhhhh-
Ten talismans burst into flames in the sky and summoned the heat zombies.
“Destruction Techniques Chapter 1. Superhuman Strength Sound Field.”
The immense power of blood was compressed by the zombies' fists, and they struck the fortress with all their might.
Crackle crackle crackle crackle
Ken laughed as he watched it sink in.
“……It’s tough, but worth a try. Are you just going to watch?”
“……Of course not. Awwwww!”
With howling, wolves began to appear like the wind from all directions.
The colors and species were all different.
The most common Grey Wolf Lord.
Forest Wolf specialized for the forest.
Blood Wolves that feed on blood and Shadow Wolves that rise from the shadows.
The Wolf Titan, said to have fought Fenrir in the past and large enough to shake the mountains.
Various wolves that answered Fors's call struck the castle walls or breathed from their mouths.
Kwahaaaaang-
Kwa kwa kwa kwa wa bang-!
“Wolf, charge.”
Destruction Techniques Chapter 2. Superhuman Strength Sound Field.
Kukwakwakwakwakwakwang!!!!
Cracks appeared in the turtle-like fortress. Every time they struck with concentrated force, dents formed in various places or debris scattered about.
It wasn't difficult, so why did Olio and Poshua struggle so much?
Ears perked up
Count Fors pricked up his ears and assessed the current situation by sound.
“He probably didn’t expect Mambos to die so futilely; Olio’s great magic ended up empowering the enemy instead. But Foshua is starting to regain his senses. Foshua is the King of Siege. His powers will soon contribute to bringing down this fortress. Look, cracks have started to appear.”
Crack, crack, crack-
Just then, a voice was heard from inside.
“I didn’t think a rift would open this quickly…… I never imagined you would actually summon the Beast-Human Fors and the Jiangshi King Ken?”
Master
It is the voice of the King of the Land of the Strings.
“Do you acknowledge me? Thank you. However, having offended His Majesty so much, I never imagined we would be deployed…….”
“Yeah, I didn’t know. So, I thought I’d reveal something you guys might not have known either.”
"You're saying you're going to bring out something we didn't expect?"
Ken and Fors met each other's eyes.
Something fell from the sky with a loud crash.
It was a weapon that looked like it had been created by someone, and surprisingly, a mere weapon was wearing armor.
On one side of the weapon holding the massive greatsword, the word 'Ballon' was written.
